Friday has come, and I was definitely eager to put the wrap on this week. I had only three classes, but one of them was new and so I had to organize that. The new class involves spilling the news that we have an interview test coming, and the students’ reaction was typical – what the heck? After I explained what was going on, they seemed to be OK with it.
We had a morning assembly, and during the assembly two kids keeled over during the presentation from exhaustion. These guys are working hard to prepare for the culture festival, and doing regular studies on top of that.
After school people were tuning into TV and radio to monitor the progress of an incoming typhoon. The ESS club elected to cancel our meeting and many of the other clubs did as well. They wanted to get home as soon as possible with the wind starting to blow pretty hard.
Kuniko had emailed me the other day and invited me to dinner in Osaka, since her weekend was going to be busy with work and also a trip to USJ with Yuri and another teacher. I changed clothes at school and Mr. Hayashi gave me a ride to the station. He seemed to sense something was up, but I told him that I was going to see Richard and Naoko off at the airport. Top secret!
As I waited for the JR train I noticed that everyone hadn’t formed the normal orderly lines that I’m used to get on board. I walked right up to the front, but as soon as the train showed up, a big sheet of water and wind got me. Duh. At least I got a seat on the train.
Osaka’s weather was somewhat more calm, with just sprinkles, and almost no wind. Kuniko cooked up some om-rice for dinner, and we had Hagen-Dasz bars for dessert. She talked me into staying the night since the weather was starting to stir up in Osaka. Outside the rain was pounding the buildings, and I wasn’t too thrilled to go back out in it.
Instead we watched Japanese TV for a little while, and I got to see part of the Doraemon show – the show based on the comics that I read to study Japanese. It was interesting to hear their voices – they were nothing like I imagined!
